František Čermák
Czech tennis player

František Čermák

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14 November 1976(Valtice, Czech Republic)
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Introduction

František Čermák (born 14 November 1976) is a Czech retired tennis player.

Career

In his career, Čermák won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour and he was a finalist 24 times. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 14 in February 2010, and he usually played doubles with Filip Polášek.

In mixed doubles, Čermák and partner Lucie Hradecká reached the final of the 2013 Australian Open and won the 2013 French Open.

In singles, he won one Challenger title and ten Futures titles, reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 201 in October 2003.

Davis Cup

Čermák was a member of the winning Czech Republic team in the 2012 Davis Cup. He coached countrywoman Petra Kvitová from April 2016 to the 2016 US Open. He is currently the coach of Czech player Kristýna Plíšková.


Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2013 Australian Open Hard Lucie Hradecká Jarmila Gajdošová
Matthew Ebden
3–6, 5–7
Win 2013 French Open Clay Lucie Hradecká Kristina Mladenovic
Daniel Nestor
1–6, 6–4, [10–6]




ATP career finals

Doubles: 55 (31 titles, 24 runner-ups)

Finals by setting
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–2)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (26–22)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–9)
Clay (25–12)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (26–16)
Indoor (5–8)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (5–2)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (26–22)
Hard (5–9)
Clay (25–12)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–3)
Outdoor (26–16)
Indoor (5–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jul 2002 Umag Open, Croatia International Clay Julian Knowle Albert Portas
Fernando Vicente
6–4, 6–4
Win Jul 2002 Sopot Open, Poland International Clay Leoš Friedl Jeff Coetzee
Nathan Healey
7–5, 7–5
Loss Sep 2002 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy International Clay Leoš Friedl Lucas Arnold Ker
Luis Lobo
4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss Jan 2003 Chennai Open, India International Hard Leoš Friedl Julian Knowle
Michael Kohlmann
6–7, 6–7
Loss Feb 2003 Santiago Open, Chile International Clay Leoš Friedl Agustín Calleri
Mariano Hood
3–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win Apr 2003 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco International Clay Leoš Friedl Devin Bowen
Ashley Fisher
6–3, 7–5
Loss Jul 2003 Gstaad Open, Switzerland International Clay Leoš Friedl Leander Paes
David Rikl
3–6, 3–6
Loss Aug 2003 Sopot Open, Poland International Clay Leoš Friedl Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss Sep 2003 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Italy International Clay Leoš Friedl Lucas Arnold Ker
Mariano Hood
6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss Apr 2004 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay Leoš Friedl Juan Ignacio Chela
Gastón Gaudio
2–6, 1–6
Win Jul 2004 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria Intl. Gold Clay Leoš Friedl Lucas Arnold Ker
Martín García
6–3, 7–5
Win Aug 2004 Sopot Open, Poland International Clay Leoš Friedl Martín García
Sebastián Prieto
2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win Feb 2005 Buenos Aires Open, Argentina International Clay Leoš Friedl José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto
6–2, 7–5
Win Feb 2005 Bahia Open, Brazil International Clay Leoš Friedl José Acasuso
Ignacio González King
6–4, 6–4
Win Apr 2005 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco International Clay Leoš Friedl Martín García
Luis Horna
6–4, 6–3
Win May 2005 Estoril Open, Portugal International Clay Leoš Friedl Juan Ignacio Chela
Tommy Robredo
6–3, 6–4
Win Jul 2005 Gstaad Open, Switzerland International Clay Leoš Friedl Michael Kohlmann
Rainer Schüttler
7–6, 7–6
Loss Jan 2006 Sydney International, Australia International Hard Leoš Friedl Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 4–6
Loss Feb 2006 Santiago Open, Chile International Clay Leoš Friedl José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto
6–7, 4–6
Win Feb 2006 Buenos Aires Open, Argentina International Clay Leoš Friedl Vasilis Mazarakis
Boris Pašanski
6–1, 6–2
Win Mar 2006 Acapulco Open, Mexico Intl. Gold Clay Leoš Friedl Potito Starace
Filippo Volandri
7–5, 6–2
Win Aug 2006 Sopot Open, Poland International Clay Leoš Friedl Martín García
Sebastián Prieto
6–3, 7–5
Loss Oct 2006 Kremlin Cup, Russia International Carpet (i) Jaroslav Levinský Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjić
1–6, 5–7
Loss Oct 2006 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France International Carpet (i) Jaroslav Levinský Julien Benneteau
Arnaud Clément
2–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Loss Feb 2007 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia International Carpet (i) Jaroslav Levinský Michael Kohlmann
Alexander Waske
6–7, 6–4, [5–10]
Win Jul 2007 Gstaad Open, Switzerland International Clay Pavel Vízner Marc Gicquel
Florent Serra
7–5, 5–7, [10–7]
Win Jul 2007 Stuttgart Open, Germany Intl. Gold Clay Leoš Friedl Guillermo García López
Fernando Verdasco
6–4, 6–4
Win Jul 2008 Dutch Open, Netherlands International Clay Rogier Wassen Jesse Huta Galung
Igor Sijsling
7–5, 7–5
Loss Jun 2009 Santiago Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Pablo Cuevas
Brian Dabul
3–6, 3–6
Win Feb 2009 Acapulco Open, Mexico 500 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win Jul 2009 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Victor Hănescu
Horia Tecău
7–5, 6–4
Win Aug 2009 Umag Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Johan Brunström
Jean-Julien Rojer
6–4, 6–4
Win Sep 2009 Bucharest Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Johan Brunström
Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–4
Loss Oct 2009 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Michal Mertiňák Pablo Cuevas
Marcel Granollers
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win Nov 2009 Valencia Open, Spain 500 Series Hard (i) Michal Mertiňák Marcel Granollers
Tommy Robredo
6–4, 6–3
Loss Jan 2010 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard Michal Mertiňák Guillermo García López
Albert Montañés
4–6, 5–7
Loss Aug 2010 Umag Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Michal Mertiňák Leoš Friedl
Filip Polášek
3–6, 6–7
Win Oct 2010 Kuala Lumpur Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Michal Mertiňák Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
7–6, 7–6
Win May 2011 Belgrade Open, Serbia 250 Series Clay Filip Polášek Oliver Marach
Alexander Peya
7–5, 6–2
Win Jun 2011 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands 250 Series Grass Daniele Bracciali Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss Jul 2011 Hamburg European Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Filip Polášek Oliver Marach
Alexander Peya
4–6, 1–6
Win Jul 2011 Gstaad Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Filip Polášek Christopher Kas
Alexander Peya
6–3, 7–6
Loss Oct 2011 Kuala Lumpur Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Filip Polášek Eric Butorac
Jean-Julien Rojer
1–6, 3–6
Loss Oct 2011 Tokyo Outdoor, Japan 500 Series Hard Filip Polášek Andy Murray
Jamie Murray
1–6, 4–6
Win Oct 2011 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Filip Polášek Carlos Berlocq
David Marrero
6–3, 6–1
Loss Jan 2012 Auckland Open, New Zealand 250 Series Hard (i) Filip Polášek Oliver Marach
Alexander Peya
3–6, 2–6
Win May 2012 Bavarian Championships, Germany 250 Series Clay Filip Polášek Xavier Malisse
Dick Norman
6–4, 7–5
Win Jul 2012 Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Julian Knowle Dustin Brown
Paul Hanley
7–6, 3–6, [12–10]
Win Oct 2012 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Michal Mertiňák Simone Bolelli
Daniele Bracciali
7–5, 6–3
Loss Feb 2013 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Michal Mertiňák Alexander Peya
Bruno Soares
7–6, 2–6, [7–10]
Loss Aug 2013 Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Lukáš Dlouhý Martin Emmrich
Christopher Kas
4–6, 3–6
Loss Feb 2014 Delray Beach Open, United States 250 Series Hard Mikhail Elgin Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
2–6, 3–6
Win Jul 2014 Umag Open, Croatia 250 Series Clay Lukáš Rosol Dušan Lajović
Franko Škugor
6–4, 7–6
Win Oct 2014 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Jiří Veselý Sam Groth
Chris Guccione
7–6, 7–5
Loss Oct 2015 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Radu Albot Andrey Rublev
Dmitry Tursunov
6–2, 1–6, [6–10]

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R A 1R A 0 / 14 12–14
French Open 2R 3R 3R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 3R 3R 2R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 15 19–15
Wimbledon 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R 3R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 15 10–15
US Open 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 2R 2R A 2R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R A 0 / 14 10–13
Win–Loss 2–4 3–4 6–4 4–4 5–4 3–4 4–4 5–3 4–4 3–4 3–4 5–4 2–4 0–3 2–3 0–0 0 / 58 51–57
ATP Masters Series 1000
Indian Wells A A A A 2R 2R 1R 2R 1R QF A A A A A A 0 / 6 4–5
Miami A A 1R A 1R 1R 2R 1R QF 2R A 1R A A A A 0 / 8 4–8
Monte Carlo A A SF 2R 1R A 2R QF 1R 1R A 2R A A A A 0 / 8 6–8
Rome A A 1R 2R 1R A A A 1R 2R A 1R A A A A 0 / 6 2–6
Hamburg A A 2R 1R A A A 2R Held as Madrid (Clay) 0 / 3 2–3
Madrid (Clay) Held as Hamburg QF 2R A 2R A A A A 0 / 3 3–3
Canada A A 2R 1R A 1R A A A SF A A A A A A 0 / 4 4–4
Cincinnati A A 2R 2R A 1R 1R A 1R QF A A A A A A 0 / 6 4–6
Madrid (Hard) A A A A 1R A 2R A Held as Shanghai 0 / 2 1–2
Shanghai Not Held QF QF A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2
Paris A A A A 1R 1R 2R A SF SF 2R 1R A A A A 0 / 7 5–7
Career statistics
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 2 / 3 1 / 6 2 / 3 5 / 5 3 / 7 2 / 3 1 / 1 5 / 7 1 / 3 4 / 7 3 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 31 / 55
Year-end ranking 88 41 28 26 23 24 31 34 16 24 22 30 69 61 90 884